Song basics Steppin' Out was written 1959 by James Bracken (1909 - 1972), co-owner and co-founder of Vee-Jay Records. He also worked with John Lee Hooker and together they wrote songs like Dimples or Baby Lee. Originally a moderately fast Blues in G (chords G7/C7/D7), played by EC on the Blues album, it soon moved towards an up tempo Blues rock with a lot improvisations, sometimes adding pieces of Freddie Kings "Hideaway". Tabbing the hole live version is too much - it's mostly improvisation, so I picked out some essential pieces. It's also a nice song to build up a little more speed without getting technical - there are still a lot of bendings, vibratos and slides to do. If you can't play it this way, try your own slow Blues version of it. Remember EC's Layla - even the slow acoustic version was great! We start with the Intro, starting and ending with the root note (G): G7I---------------------------------------------------|I (320001@1)I---------------------------------------------------|I I----3---3b-5-3-5b(7)-5-3-5-3-----------------------|I I-/5---5----------------------5-3-5-5---3---3-5-5---|I I-------------------------------------5---5---------|I I---------------------------------------------------|I 0:00 D7I---------------------------------------------------|I (xx0212@1)I---------------------------------------------------|I I---------------------------------------------------|I I----3---3b-5-3-5b(7)-5-3-5-3-----------------------|I I-/5---5----------------------5-3-5-5---3---3-5-5---|I I-------------------------------------5---5---------|I 0:04 G7I---------------------------------------------------|I (320001@1)I---------------------------------------------------|I I----3---3b-5-3-5b(7)-5-3-5-3-----------------------|I I-/5---5----------------------5-3-5-5---3---3-5-5---|I I-------------------------------------5---5---------|I I---------------------------------------------------|I 0:10 _________________________________________________________________________ Now let's have a look at some essential licks from the Blues Breakers version. Look at lime-line to locate them. You need some more fingering patterns from the G Blues scale now. GI------------------------------------8b(10)-6b--6b(8)rb6--3---3-5b(7)-3-5------------------|I (320003@1)I--------------------------------/8~~-----------------------5--------------------3---3b----|I I---3-/7~~--7--5-3-5-3-----3b--------------------------------------------(7)rb5---5----5--|I I-5---------------------5-5----------------------------------------------------------------|I I------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|I I------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|I 0:15 0:19 0:27 GI-----------------3---------------------------------------------------------------------|I (320003@1)I-------3-------3--------------------------------6-6------------------------------------|I I-5b(7)---5b(7)-----5b(7)rb5-p3---5-3---------/7-7-7---(7)rb5-3-5-5---5-3---------------|I I-------------------------------5-----5-3-5-------------------------5-----5-3-5---...---|I I---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|I I---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|I 0:29 0:33 Another good lick, often repeated, is at 00:40: I--------------------------------------------------|I I----13b(15)rb13-11-13----11-13b(15)-11b----11----|I I----------------------12----------------12--------|I I--------------------------------------------------|I I--------------------------------------------------|I I--------------------------------------------------|I _________________________________________________________________________ Rhythm guitar during organ solo at 01:02 (still Blues form!) G7 (320001@1) C7 (x32310@1) D7I-------------------------------|I (xx0212@1)I-------------------------------|I I----------------5-3-----7-5----|I I------5-3----------------------|I I--------------3-------5--------|I I----3--------------------------|I _________________________________________________________________________ After the organ solo some nice bendings: I--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|I I------6h8~~---11b(12)--13b(15)-13-11-13-11~~--12b-12-13-12-13-12br----------11-14b-11b~~----|I I-/7~~----------slow------------------------------------------------12~~--12-----------------|I I--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|I I--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|I I--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|I 01:19 01:23 01:28 I-----13---------------------------------15------15------------------------------------------|I I-13b----rb13-11-13----11b(13)----11-----18b(20)----18-15-18b(20)-18-15----------------------|I I-------------------12---------12---------------------------------------17b(19)-17-15----17--|I I-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17-----|I I--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|I I--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|I 01:32 01:35 I------------------------------------------------------------------------|I I----------------15-------------sound like-------------------------------|I I-----15-17(b)19----17p15----17-a break here---(18)rb17-15-------15b-----|I I--17---------------------17-------------------------------17-17---------|I I------------------------------------------------------------------------|I I------------------------------------------------------------------------|I 01:37 __________________________________________________________________________ Finally the end of the end: I---7-7-7-7-7--4---0---0-----------------------------0-----|I I---6-6-6-6-6--3---0---0-----------------------------0-----|I I---7-7-7-7-7--4-----------7b(9)~~--7--4-------------------|I I----------------------------------------------7-5---------------|I I-----not sure about...----------------------------5~~-----------|I I--------------------------0----------------------------0--------|I
